Southwood remains a quiet fragment of the Norfolk landscape where the horizon seems to hold a particular, brittle clarity. It lies 4.7 miles north-north-east of Loddon (from Loddon: bearing 32°T, OS grid TG 398 053), and is situated west of Freethorpe village. The fields here are open and utilitarian, defined by the low-slung, expansive skies that press down upon the heavy clay of the Broadland district. A short distance to the west, the skeletal remains of St Edmund’s Church serve as a silent, roofless sentinel, its flint walls bleaching slowly under the relentless exposure of the elements. Beyond the immediate boundaries of Southwood, the terrain dips toward the water-logged reaches of the Limpenhoe Meadows Sssi, where the ground turns soft and resonant underfoot. The air carries a distinct, sharp salt-tang that travels inland from the distant coast, cooling the heavy scent of damp earth and seasonal crop-growth. Southwood persists as a place of sparse lines and shadows, where the architecture of the landscape is dictated entirely by the wind and the slow turning of the seasons.
Flight conditions near Southwood. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Southwood and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southwood, Norfolk, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Southwood includes coordinates 52.592742, 1.539345, in the county of Norfolk, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Southwood is available on the Southwood map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Norfolk weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.